From God, Founders' wisdom on guns

Tuesday

Apr 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

Regarding the April 10 letter, "Founders knew of need to own guns," may I add the following to the writer's excellent and absolutely truthful comments: Our founders based the Constitution on Biblical principles, many believing we were, as a people, God's "new Jerusalem" and declaring "No King but King Jesus."

Upon such a founding document, all are free to worship God without persecution in this country, unforced by government or church. I remind all like-minded Biblical teachers and adherents to God's word that the Republic of Old Testament Israel was once feared by the surrounding nations, which recognized that the mighty awesome power of Jehovah was with them and led them in their victories over their enemies, leading them to become a great nation.

During the era of Joshua, no one dared attack Israel. However, in Judges 5, we see Israel being lamented in Deborah's Song for its dwindling population, main roads deserted, everything collapsed. "Our masters would not let us have a shield or spear . . . not a weapon could be found."

After realizing great victories and triumphs over impossible odds, a once-powerful republic, governed according to God's laws, they were disarmed and without a single weapon to be found among them. They were enslaved. Like Israel of old, this can happen to us.

America — give up your right to bear arms and you are no longer free. You can and will be enslaved and deceived by a man who appears as "an angel of light,' but is a wolf in sheep's clothing. May every true American trust in our founders who gave us this sacred Second Amendment, a gift from God himself by his obedient and faithful servants to a free,God-fearing people who understand the necessity of bearing arms to maintain their freedom.